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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As municipal government and public agency budgets continue to feel the ripple effect of the nation-wide recession, we have begun to observe one of either or a combination of reforms, budget cuts, increased scrutiny of wasteful spending followed immediately by an action plan, or some simply refuse to make reforms and/or adopt aggressive economic development strategies opting for new taxes/fees or tax increases to cope.</p>

Juneteenth: Another Independence Day

Commentary:
By Andy Porras 

   Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that called for America to abolish slavery, Texas “masters” were still calling other human beings “property.”

(Mayor Morrison and City Council contracting with Arizona Company)

By Herman Baca, CCR President

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The oil drilling explosion that killed 11 people on April 20th and the spill now killing massive amounts of wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico is a sign. It’s a sign of how bad our nation’s oil addiction has gotten and of how much we need to launch a sustainable energy revolution.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Eisenhower 2.0</p>

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<p><strong>SPECIAL SUMMER EDICIÓN</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

Perspective

By Roberto Rodriguez
New America Media 

    Before the DREAM students made their historic stance in Tucson, Ariz. in mid-May to stage a sit-in in Sen. John McCain’s office, and thereby subject themselves to deportation proceedings, this Sun city had already been in the eye of the storm.

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Las multas por&nbsp; usar el celular sin una pieza de oído&nbsp; cuando este manejando aumentarían bajo la propuesta SB 1475 que fue aprobada por el senado de California el 3 de Junio del 2010.</p>

Frontera NorteSur

    In the first trimester of 2010, the amount of dollars sent by migrant workers in the US to Mexico registered the worst seasonal plunge in five years, the Bank of Mexico reported this week. According to the country’s central bank, about $6.6 billion in remittances entered the country’s economy during the first four months of 2010. The sum was nearly 9 percent less than the $7.25 billion received during the same period in 2009.